Can't get Medibuntu upgrades

[cjnkns]

Any other Lucid users having issues with the Medibuntu repos this morning?

I am not sure if I should just ignore this message and update or wait until this is fixed....


Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/lucid/Release.gpg Could not connect to packages.medibuntu.org:80 (88.191.82.11). - connect (110: Connection timed out)
Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/lucid/free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Unable to connect to packages.medibuntu.org:http:
Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/lucid/non-free/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2 Unable to connect to packages.medibuntu.org:http:
Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/lucid/free/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to packages.medibuntu.org:http:
Failed to fetch http://packages.medibuntu.org/dists/lucid/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz Unable to connect to packages.medibuntu.org:http:
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

[Paddy Landau]

Not just Lucid. It's happening on Hardy and Jaunty too.

Just try again tomorrow.

[Linuxforall]

And Karmic too here as well.

[theozzlives]

I just installed the libdvdcss2 file from the .deb I downloaded. I wouldn't expect much to work until the final release.

[cjnkns]

Ok - I'll try tomorrow.

Thanks for the help.

[barney385]

Is anyone else having problems upgrading from the Medibuntu repository?

[jaycee23]

Same here Barney

[barney385]

Ahhh...thx. I was worried I broke something...


:smile:

[WinterRain]

There may simply be no upgrades available at the moment.

[eys]

Looks like Medibuntu server is down.

[jaycee23]

Maybe it's this volcanic ash which has grounded all flights in the UK (and parts of Europe!)

It could be in the ether(net)

:lolflag:

[barney385]

There may simply be no upgrades available at the moment.

Naw...it would still make the check...

[mikodo]

Is anyone else having problems upgrading from the Medibuntu repository?
As of last nite, I had the problem.

[howefield]

The website is up, but anything to do with the packages is down. They'll most likely be back up shortly, just keep trying every so often.

[barney385]

The website is up, but anything to do with the packages is down. They'll most likely be back up shortly, just keep trying every so often.

Yeah...I haven't found anything else out about it. It might just be some maintenance or somethin...

[Elfy]

There are some mirrors listed in https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/+bug/565810

you could edit your medibunt.list or even comment them out if you so wished.

[barney385]

There are some mirrors listed in https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/+bug/565810

you could edit your medibunt.list or even comment them out if you so wished.

Thanks. Those are Lucid repos though and I'm staying with Hardy until the 29th...


:smile:

[howefield]

Those are Lucid repos though and I'm staying with Hardy until the 29th...

They mirror all the Ubuntu releases.

Try clicking on here

http://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/medibuntu/hardy/index.html

[barney385]

They mirror all the Ubuntu releases.

Try clicking on here

http://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/medibuntu/hardy/index.html

heh...OK...I'll try it...thx

[mikodo]

They mirror all the Ubuntu releases.

Try clicking on here

http://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/medibuntu/hardy/index.html

I tried for the Karmic install of Realtime posted from forestpiskie here https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/+bug/565810

The automatic Helix player downloader for RealPlayer 10 (non-free/graphics) on this site
for Karmic stalled and eventually gave a screen that it failed to fetch it.

I'll just wait until the Medibuntu packages are available from their site.

Thanks.

[goldshirt9]

i picked the wrong weekend to dump windows and install ubuntu completely on my laptop
:lolflag:

well not everything is lost.
hope its up soon

[barney385]

Wouldn't work for me. I'm probably not doing something right though.

I added mirror #1 to my third party source list, but it didn't work for me.

What is the proper way to add a repo?

I haven't done it in some time...

[fooman]

What is the proper way to add a repo? first, open the sources.list file in gedit with root privileges ....to do that, open a terminal (applications > accessories > terminal) and type or copy/paste the following:


gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list when it opens, find the non-working medibuntu lines and place a # in front of each one. then add (copy/paste) the following 2 lines to the bottom of the file.


deb http://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/medibuntu/ hardy free non-free
deb-src http://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/medibuntu/ hardy free non-freesave and close the file. then while in the terminal, update the repos with this command:


sudo apt-get updatehope that helps.

[barney385]

first, open the sources.list file in gedit with root privileges ....to do that, open a terminal (applications > accessories > terminal) and type or copy/paste the following:


gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list when it opens, find the non-working medibuntu lines and place a # in front of each one. then add (copy/paste) the following 2 lines to the bottom of the file.


deb http://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/medibuntu/ hardy free non-free
deb-src http://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/medibuntu/ hardy free non-freesave and close the file. then while in the terminal, update the repos with this command:


sudo apt-get updatehope that helps.

They are not listed!!! Here's my source list...

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release amd64 (20080423)]/ hardy main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy universe
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy multiverse
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-updates multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu hardy partner

deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security main restricted
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security main restricted
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security universe
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security universe
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security multiverse
deb-src http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-security multiverse
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-proposed restricted main multiverse universe
deb http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy-backports restricted main multiverse universe

[barney385]

I went ahead and added the repo to my source list, and I still could not update.

I checked my software sources by going through Administration and the original repos are still there but they don't show up on my source list.

Hmmm

[foxy123]

I just installed the libdvdcss2 file from the .deb I downloaded. I wouldn't expect much to work until the final release.
i wonder where you got it from? I need urgently to install it and medibuntu is down :(

[jangal]

just entered the world of ubuntu - i was bumbling around all day thinking i was doing something wrong. ha! ha! ha! i was also trying to upgrade to the studio but received a similar connection failed/timed out...

[howefield]

I need urgently to install it and medibuntu is down :(

I'll send it to you if you still need it.

[foxy123]

I'll send it to you if you still need it.

thanks a lot, but i've just found the mirrors here

http://www.webupd8.org/2010/04/medibuntu-repository-down-what-to-do.html

[fooman]

there may be another place where the medibuntu repos are hiding. see if you have a file called /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

run this in terminal:


gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

if the file opens and is not blank, then you should see the medbuntu lines there. go ahead and put a # in front of each of them. save and close the file, then run:


sudo apt-get update

hope that works for you.

[barney385]

there may be another place where the medibuntu repos are hiding. see if you have a file called /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

run this in terminal:


gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.listif the file opens and is not blank, then you should see the medbuntu lines there. go ahead and put a # in front of each of them. save and close the file, then run:


sudo apt-get updatehope that works for you.

Yes. It was there and I commented them out. I didn't see the Medibuntu repo check when I updated though.

:confused:

[fooman]

Yes. It was there and I commented them out. I didn't see the Medibuntu repo check when I updated though.

:confused:

remove the 2 medibuntu mirror lines you added in /etc/apt/sources.list and instead place them in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list (leaving the original medibuntu lines commented out). save and close the files...and then once again:


sudo apt-get update

[barney385]

remove the 2 medibuntu mirror lines you added in /etc/apt/sources.list and instead place them in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list (leaving the original medibuntu lines commented out). save and close the files...and then once again:


sudo apt-get update

Yeah...I did that, and I'm not seeing the Medibuntu check. I checked my third-party software source list and the two new ones of the mirrored site are checked.

I don't know, maybe the new mirror site just doesn't say Medibuntu.

Yeah. It just says either free or non-free release now it looks like.

So, I think I'm successfully checking for updates for Medibuntu again, though it really should be substantiated by someone else.

:P

[barney385]

There are mirror sites and other instructions on this thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1457340

[fooman]

Yeah...I did that, and I'm not seeing the Medibuntu check. I checked my third-party software source list and the two new ones of the mirrored site are checked.

I don't know, maybe the new mirror site just doesn't say Medibuntu.

Yeah. It just says either free or non-free release now it looks like.

So, I think I'm successfully checking for updates for Medibuntu again, though it really should be substantiated by someone else.

:P

no it won't say medibuntu, but you should see something like these in the output of apt-get update:


Hit http://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr hardy/free Sources
Hit http://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr hardy/non-free Sources

if so, then its all good. btw, when the medibuntu repo is back up...just go back and uncomment the original lines and comment out the mirrors.

[cariboo]

Merged two threads on the same subject, and moved to the Cafe.

[Linuxforall]

Hope this is solved soon, I have some new installs to do.

[pbateman]

Still waiting here too, glad i found this page and see its not just me having issues, i too thought i might have broken something.....

[mountain_goat]

Yep, me too here in Australia.
Noticed it some days ago.
I'm happy to wait until it comes back up, but it was a relief to note that it wasn't me foolin' about with Lucid that was the cause.

[goldshirt9]

i dont suppose there is any news as to when it will be back up and running

[taurolyon]

Those looking for libdvdcss2 please see my post here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9143933&posted=1#post9143933

there's an older mirror with the .deb's posted. They're working fine, and should get updated once the repository is up!

[Paddy Landau]

i dont suppose there is any news as to when it will be back up and running
Actually, do the people in charge know that the repository is down? Do we need to report it somewhere? It's been quite a while already.

[magnetra7]

They're still down ...

As a quick fix you could use the back-end server (as mentioned in the bug report) which is an official server, too.

Open up your /etc/hosts with the editor of your choice, and put in this line:


88.191.101.8 packages.medibuntu.org


Try doing an 'aptitude update' afterwards.

[coffeecat]

Actually, do the people in charge know that the repository is down? Do we need to report it somewhere? It's been quite a while already.

I found this link on another thread:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/+bug/565810


Maxence is aware of the problem. Unfortunately, it's likely that the front-end, which is what is currently down, won't be back up until Wednesday.

[goldshirt9]

taurolyon (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=1020146) as i stated in the linked post .
MANY THANKS for that:P

coffeecat - good point but to who / where :confused:
we all assume that the people in charge would be aware of this fault .
but do they know:confused:

[magnetra7]

Isn't it ridiculous that we cannot update packages if just one repository is down? At least here I couldn't update successfully the other repositories since the medibuntu one down is (until I applied the fix I posted above this post).

Maybe APT needs some tweaking so that it won't hang if updating one repository fails. It stays right now at 'connecting to packages.medibuntu.org' for a long time.

[goldshirt9]

a good point and hopefully a lesson learned

[Technomouse]

Here is my fix

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1457944&highlight=medibuntu.org

[Elfy]

Isn't it ridiculous that we cannot update packages if just one repository is down? At least here I couldn't update successfully the other repositories since the medibuntu one down is (until I applied the fix I posted above this post).

Maybe APT needs some tweaking so that it won't hang if updating one repository fails. It stays right now at 'connecting to packages.medibuntu.org' for a long time.

As I am not that worried at the moment about medibuntu I just commented the medibuntu repo in it's list - I'll put it back later on. No need to wait for it to hang then.

[Paddy Landau]

I found this link on another thread:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/+bug/565810
Ah, thanks.

They think it will be up on Wednesday.

I'll wait.

[magnetra7]

Just use the hosts file fix - you'll have complete access to medibuntu again (from the official server).


As I am not that worried at the moment about medibuntu I just commented the medibuntu repo in it's list - I'll put it back later on. No need to wait for it to hang then.
Yeah, that's one solution. But what about the new Ubuntu users? They don't know anything about a sources.list. Not very user friendly isn't it?!

[Eddie Wilson]

first, open the sources.list file in gedit with root privileges ....to do that, open a terminal (applications > accessories > terminal) and type or copy/paste the following:


gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list when it opens, find the non-working medibuntu lines and place a # in front of each one. then add (copy/paste) the following 2 lines to the bottom of the file.


deb http://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/medibuntu/ hardy free non-free
deb-src http://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/medibuntu/ hardy free non-freesave and close the file. then while in the terminal, update the repos with this command:


sudo apt-get updatehope that helps.

Well that's one way to do it. As a matter of fact I use to do it that way myself but there's a better way now. Go to System and click on Administration and then click on Sources. There you can enter the repo into the third party sources, hit add and then reload (or update) the sources and you are done. :)

[barney385]

I have the medibuntu package site commented out now and I was able to update today. I guess it's suppose to be fixed Wednesday.

The Medibuntu site that is...

[nomnex]

Same here.
Wednesday, UTC Time?

[cjnkns]

Ok - I am STILL getting the same error as above!

Are the medibuntu server(s) still down?

[stardustdk]

In a couple of days it seems like medibuntu.org is down.
When i try to sudo aptitude update, i don't get updates,
"Unable to connect to packages.medibuntu.org".

Any idea why?

Best regards

[MaxIBoy]

Same here, I'm not getting it either. Pretty irritating.

[ThatBum]

Me too, I have Lucid beta 2.

I thought I broke something too...

[diablo75]

I'm trying to install DeVeDe and when I go to install it appears to stall waiting on a package to download from them. Just wanted to check and see if anyone else is having this problem.

[sandyd]

medibuntu BETTER get it up and running before the 29th or there will be hell to pay...

[PLI200872]

Same here - all request to packages.medibuntu.org timing out.

[garvinrick4]

I'm trying to install DeVeDe and when I go to install it appears to stall waiting on a package to download from them. Just wanted to check and see if anyone else is having this problem.
Started yesterday and will be up and running Wed. they say. Couple more days.

[Paddy Landau]

medibuntu BETTER get it up and running before the 29th or there will be hell to pay...
You'll demand your money back? LOL

[ranch hand]

Does anyone have a clue what is actually going on or are we just pounding sand here? I would really like to know what is up.

I am using on of the other mirrors so it is not a problem for me but it is very troubling.

The fact is when I ran a search for info the first 8 links, different address' all took me to a hillarious warning that my computer was infected with malware and I need to download some exe file got old and I gave up on that. This also concerns me as it appears that some one is trying to exploit this problem.

[Paddy Landau]

The fact is when I ran a search for info the first 8 links, different address' all took me to a hillarious warning that my computer was infected with malware and I need to download some exe file...
Quirky! Maybe you have a malware that's redirecting to the site saying that you have malware. :)

[ranch hand]

Quirky! Maybe you have a malware that's redirecting to the site saying that you have malware. :)
Yup, I better go download the .exe file and run here on my 10.04-testing install and get it all cleaned up.

[Paddy Landau]

Yup, I better go download the .exe file and run here on my 10.04-testing install and get it all cleaned up.
:lol:

[Hobgoblin]

The fact is when I ran a search for info the first 8 links, different address' all took me to a hillarious warning that my computer was infected with malware and I need to download some exe file got old and I gave up on that. This also concerns me as it appears that some one is trying to exploit this problem.

I noticed that most of the Google search results had a warning about malware as well.

The problem with just commenting out the medibuntu packages is some of the official packages want to "upgrade" the medibuntu ones. ffmpeg for instance, I assume upgrading with the official version will lose the functionality which the medibuntu version brought.

[nilarimogard]

There are mirrors (http://www.webupd8.org/2010/04/medibuntu-repository-down-what-to-do.html) available if you can't wait...

[goldshirt9]

still no luck with the site as yet :(

[polly1]

Hi

This may be helpful

Please see this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1458747

Start Synaptic Manager, then Settings,and then Repositories. Take the action per Morius1`s post and your Update Manager problem should be solved.

It just worked for me on Karmic and (beta) Lucy and will presumably do so on previous Ubuntu s.

Cheers

:guitar:

[0100TheGeek]

nilarimogard (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=483836) Awesome find...

Here is the full path for those who don't want to scour the page...

http://www.webupd8.org/2010/04/medibuntu-repository-down-what-to-do.html

[zander1013]

the mirrors go dark if the source image goes down.

i ( and others ) could not get the mirrors to work.

[zander1013]

the medibuntu servrs are still down at 11:24hrs pst.

btw; mirrors don't work if the source image goes down.

if the source image goes down the mirrors go dark (thats how mirrors work).:lolflag:

will someone post a notice when medibuntu comes back up please?

[goldshirt9]

cheers for that .
cannot fathom where in the repository to change though :confused:
all i get when i try to update ny synaptic is
W: GPG error: http://packages.medibuntu.org karmic Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2EBC26B60C5A2783

[barney385]

I took the comments off the medibuntu site and it works now.

sudo apt-get update

[Bachstelze]

i wonder where you got it from? I need urgently to install it and medibuntu is down :(

http://download.videolan.org/pub/libdvdcss/1.2.10/deb/

Get it straight form the developers instead of getting in second-hand from a third-party. ;) I actually never got the point of this Medibuntu thing.

[tgalati4]

Seems to be working now.

sudo apt-get update

[sandyd]

its back up.[offtopic]
and I guess the ubuntu packagers have begun their feature freeze cause I havent had any updates in the past 3 days.

[Paddy Landau]

Get it straight form the developers instead of getting in second-hand from a third-party. I actually never got the point of this Medibuntu thing.
Simple. Put everything in a repository, for two reasons:


It makes it dead easy to install, upgrade automatically, and uninstall programs. Way easier, especially for beginners!
Things in the repository have been checked, so you can (reasonably) download from there without worrying about it messing up your machine.

[Linuxforall]

Simple. Put everything in a repository, for two reasons:


It makes it dead easy to install, upgrade automatically, and uninstall programs. Way easier, especially for beginners!
Things in the repository have been checked, so you can (reasonably) download from there without worrying about it messing up your machine.


Welcome to classic example of FOSS hypocrisy, thats why for total newbies coming over from Windows, I only recommend MINT and not Ubuntu.

[Paddy Landau]

Welcome to classic example of FOSS hypocrisy
:confused: What does this have to do with the post or the thread? It's nothing to do with FOSS, it's to do with making life easier and safer.

[Linuxforall]

:confused: What does this have to do with the post or the thread? It's nothing to do with FOSS, it's to do with making life easier and safer.

Its everything to do with it, Ubuntu shares FOSS philosophy and therefore only free stuff allowed, no proprietary or non free allowed and therefore the need for medibuntu repos.

[Paddy Landau]

Its everything to do with it, Ubuntu shares FOSS philosophy and therefore only free stuff allowed, no proprietary or non free allowed and therefore the need for medibuntu repos.
Whoever told you that is mistaken. Proprietary and non-free is definitely allowed. I use proprietary software, including paid-for. None of this breaks any contract or law.

[proxess]

packages.medibuntu.org is down.

There are mirrors tho.


proxess@PRXSS-Laptop:~$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
## Please report any bug on https://bugs.launchpad.net/medibuntu/
# deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid free non-free #Medibuntu - Ubuntu 10.04 "lucid lynx"
# deb-src http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid free non-free #Medibuntu (source) - Ubuntu 10.04 "lucid lynx"

## Mirrors
# deb http://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/medibuntu/ lucid free non-free
# deb-src http://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/medibuntu/ lucid free non-free
# deb http://mirror.oscc.org.my/medibuntu/ lucid free non-free
# deb-src http://mirror.oscc.org.my/medibuntu/ lucid free non-free
deb ftp://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/medibuntu/ lucid free non-free
# deb-src ftp://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/medibuntu/ lucid free non-free

[Linuxforall]

Whoever told you that is mistaken. Proprietary and non-free is definitely allowed. I use proprietary software, including paid-for. None of this breaks any contract or law.

I agree with you, I myself use non free stuff but Canonical has this as policy and therefore the medibuntu repos, even Fedora follows the same procedure.

[pbateman]

Seems to be back up? I just added the regular deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid free non-free source and it went trough fine this time.....

[Laxman_prodigy]

I think its up?

I added the repository for Karmic and downloaded everything.

[Laxman_prodigy]

I think its up?

I added the repository for Karmic and downloaded everything.:lolflag:

[lotus49]

Its everything to do with it, Ubuntu shares FOSS philosophy and therefore only free stuff allowed, no proprietary or non free allowed and therefore the need for medibuntu repos.

You should do your research a bit better.

To quote the Medibuntu site:

"Medibuntu (Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions In Ubuntu) is a repository of packages that cannot be included into the Ubuntu distribution for legal reasons (copyright, license, patent, etc)."

This is nothing to do with FOSS or the opinion of Canonical. As a company, they have to ensure they comply with the law and are not seen as party to breaches of licensing, copyrights etc. Fedora is in the same position. There is no hypocrisy here, just ignorance on your part.

[bapoumba]

Threads merged.